TV schedule for Gophers men's hockey released

FSN, as usual, will carry most of the Gophers men's hockey games this season. Twenty-eight games will be on Fox Sports Net, 17 of them on its alternative stations known as Fox Plus.

The Big Ten Network will broadcast six Gophers games, starting with a Saturday game against Wisconsin at Mariucci Arena on Nov. 17. It will also carry the Gophers' outdoor game against the Badgers on Feb. 17 at Chicago's Soldier Field.

So together, FSN and the Big Ten Network will air 34 of the Gophers' 36 regular-season games. The two not on TV will be the Gophers' series at Alaska Anchorage on Nov. 9-10.

Attempting to reduce wear on its players, the NBA opened its season two weeks earlier this year, a change that reduced the number of back-to-back games and ensured teams now won't play four games in five nights.